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Asterisk Denotes Breaking News* Warren County to add part-time firefighters
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By Linwood Outlaw III -- loutlaw@nvdaily.com
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County Board of Supervisors approved an immediate staffing plan Wednesday morning that will temporarily create four part-time firefighter positions as the Department of Fire and Rescue Services continues to seek ways to address its volunteer responder shortage.
At Fire Chief Richard E. Mabie's request, the supervisors unanimously agreed to take $70,200 from the county's cost recovery special project account and use it to fund two positions each at the South Warren and Front Royal fire companies. The part-time positions at the South Warren station will be needed until January, and officials will retain the other positions at the Front Royal station through the end of the current fiscal year.
Mabie has said his department has been having a tough time recruiting and retaining volunteers, partly because many people are commuting outside the immediate area and rarely have time to contribute volunteer services.
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